Metabolism within the tumor microenvironment and its implication on cancer progression: an ongoing therapeutic target [PDF]
Since reprogramming energy metabolism is considered a new hallmark of cancer, tumor metabolism is again in the spotlight of cancer research. Many studies have been carried out and many possible therapies have been developed in the last years.
Abdel-Aziz +431 more
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Assay of Ornithine Decarboxylase and Spermidine/Spermine N1-acetyltransferase Activities
The polyamines, spermidine (Spd) and spermine, and their diamine precursor putrescine, are important regulators of various cellular functions, such as proliferation and differentiation.
Mervi Hyvönen +2 more
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Characterization of the Entamoeba histolytica ornithine decarboxylase-like enzyme. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are organic cations that are required for cell growth and differentiation. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the first and rate-limiting enzyme in the polyamine biosynthetic pathway, is a ...
Anupam Jhingran +8 more
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The effect of polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors on the salt stress response of rice seedlings was investigated. For this, DL-α-difluoromethylarginine (DFMA) and DL-α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), two competitive inhibitors of arginine decarboxylase ...
A. Yamamoto, I.-S. Shim, S. Fujihara
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Decreased sensitivity to aspirin is associated with altered polyamine metabolism in human prostate cancer cells [PDF]
Acknowledgments We thank NHS Grampian for financial support of this work.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Cameron, Gary A. +2 more
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Ornithine Decarboxylase in Rat Skin
Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC; E.C.4.1.1.17) activities can be stimulated 2-10 fold in rat epidermis and dermis by hair plucking. Stimulation does not involve the removal of a soluble ODC inhibitor. ODC activity in the dermis and whole skin decreased with aging, while the epidermis showed little change.
Morrison, Deane M., Goldsmith, Lowell A.
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Structural insight into DFMO resistant ornithine decarboxylase from Entamoeba histolytica: an inkling to adaptive evolution. [PDF]
Polyamine biosynthetic pathway is a validated therapeutic target for large number of infectious diseases including cancer, giardiasis and African sleeping sickness, etc.
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Metabolite-dependent regulation of gene expression in trypanosoma brucei [PDF]
Mechanisms regulating gene expression in trypanosomatid protozoa differ significantly from those in other eukaryotes. Transcription of the genome appears to be more or less constitutive with the polyadenylation and trans-splicing of large polycistronic ...
Archer +34 more
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Nitric oxide (NO) is known to antagonize ethylene by various mechanisms; one of such mechanisms is reducing ethylene levels by competitive action on S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)—a common precursor for both ethylene and polyamines (PAs ...
Veeresh Lokesh +6 more
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Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and AMXT 1501 inhibit capsule biosynthesis in pneumococci
Polyamines are small cationic molecules that have been linked to various cellular processes including replication, translation, stress response and recently, capsule regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn, pneumococcus).
Moses B. Ayoola +7 more
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